Table 2 Attitude, risk perception and practices of the study participants towards schistosomiasis
Variable | Frequency | Percentage (1%) |
|---|---|---|
Source of water used at home (n = 488) | ||
Tap water | 39 | 7.99 |
Lake water | 451 | 92.42 |
Bore hole | 15 | 3.07 |
Open well | 51 | 10.45 |
River water | 16 | 3.28 |
Type of toilet at home (n = 481) | ||
Pour flush toilet | 108 | 22.45 |
Pit latrine | 299 | 62.16 |
No toilet | 74 | 15.38 |
Sanitary practices | ||
Always use toilet (n = 414) | 229 | 55.31 |
Use toilet only sometimes (n = 414) | 185 | 44.69 |
Sometimes defecate along the lake shore (n = 183) | 154 | 84.15 |
Sometimes defecate in the bushes (n = 183) | 181 | 98.91 |
Water contact habits (n = 488) | ||
Visiting the lake | 471 | 96.52 |
Frequency of visiting the lake (469) | ||
Once a month | 11 | 2.35 |
2–3 times a week | 46 | 9.81 |
Everyday | 412 | 87.85 |
Risk perception (n = 488) | ||
Schistosomiasis can be treated | 418 | 85.66 |
There is schistosomiasis where I am living | 412 | 84.77 |
Schistosomiasis is a dangerous disease | 419 | 85.86 |
Schistosomiasis is a chronic disease | 40 | 8.20 |
Schistosomiasis is a shameful disease | 4 | 0.82 |
Schistosomiasis is not a very dangerous disease | 21 | 4.30 |
I don’t know | 4 | 0.82 |
Most at risk groups (n = 433) | ||
School children | 325 | 75.06 |
Women | 58 | 13.39 |
Rice farmers | 32 | 7.39 |
Fishermen | 354 | 81.76 |